Even if you did your ADA plans when they were first required – in 1992 – they’re almost certainly in need of updating, in light of significant developments. In the last few years —
- The 2010 regulations have imposed new requirements on new recreation facilities (including pools, golf courses, playgrounds, exercise facilities) and some existing ones.
- The revised regulations add or expand on requirements about program access, service animals, Segways and similar devices, communication, ticket sales, and hotel reservations.
- DOJ has issued guidance on emergency preparedness, health care, title II obligations generally, museums, and polling places.
The 2010 DOJ regulations don’t specify that you must do a new barrier removal plan under title III, or a new self-evaluation or transition plan under title II (setting out changes required to policies, programs, activities, and facilities). But it would be difficult to comply with the new requirements – as to policy as well as physical access – unless you see how you measure up to them.
ADA One can help you with a “snapshot” assessment of your current compliance status or guide you in developing new policies or revising existing ones, beginning a new self-evaluation process, planning for barrier removal, or devising a revised or new transition plan.
Assessment services from ADA One
ADA One now offers extensive assessment services to assist both public and private entities with self-evaluations, transition plans, or gap analyses. We tailor our own user-friendly electronic survey to your needs once we have gathered some initial information from your entity’s leaders and ADA Coordinator. Then —
- We gather information about your current policies and practices from interviews with program managers (conducted by us or by your trained staff) and more open-ended but focused interviews for some types of programs.
- We apply our in-house data analysis capabilities to information gathered, to provide a report of our findings, at the level of the City/County/entity, department, or program, along with recommendations.
- We assist you in developing an action plan.
- We develop a “living” automated project management system for you to use in tracking completion of the changes called for in the action plan.
See an example of an ADA One report capping Phase One of a county’s self-evaluation: Fulton County: Full Access Ahead.